We performed a comparison between Juniper SRX and Palo Alto Networks WildFire based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Juniper SRX finishes slightly ahead of Palo Alto Networks WildFire in this comparison. Juniper SRX provides robust enterprise network protection and connectivity and comprehensive performance, is stable, and scales easily. Palo Alto Network WildFire can be challenging for some users to learn. The overall configuration is a bit complex to use.
"It's a firewall that secures our internal network. I have been using it since 2013, and I find that most of the features are advanced, and very user friendly."
"It is a one box solution, which covers most of the edge device’s requirements."
"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"The dashboard I have found the most valuable in Fortinet FortiGate."
"I really like the captive portal feature for our guest network. It has nice VLAN features in terms of separating our network. The anti-virus is also good."
"The network security and cloud security are most valuable."
"The main reason why I purchased the particular unit was that it had good reviews and what other people were saying as far as its completeness and its leading capabilities in terms of endpoint security was very good."
"The web filtering feature and the intrusion protection system are the most valuable. It is a resilient appliance. I never had an issue with it in terms of any security breaches."
"The product provides good performance and has features comparable to other leading products in the market."
"It'sa very secure device, it has good attack prevention capabilities using UTM."
"Great as an inter-segmentation firewall or border or arch-firewall."
"I've found the security features, such as IDS and the VPN most valuable."
"We did not have problems with scaling, as we have less than 500 users in our organization."
"The features that I have found valuable are the ones for the main purpose we are using Juniper - its firewall to protect our network for our internet access."
"Security policies in combination with zones: It is very easy to organize the security polices in a logical structure."
"I have used technical support quite a bit, and they are really good."
"The backup is the best feature."
"It is stable and pretty much scalable."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is how it keeps up-to-date with viruses."
"The most valuable features are all of the security features in terms of protection and SSL and VPN."
"WildFire's application encryption is useful."
"The reporting feature helps our performance."
"Using WildFire has reduced the number of viruses and the amount of malware that comes into our system, which means that I don't have to rely on the end-users to identify it."
"WildFire has been instrumental in blocking a number of new threats, before common desktop anti-virus tools were able to detect them."
"The main aspect of FortiGate that could be improved is load balancing. Our management team does not want to buy another appliance for only load balancing."
"The Wi-Fi controller needs a lot of improvement."
"They should improve high CPU and memory usage that occurs."
"For the migration, everyone has a firewall in use and I am selling Fortinet. Typically, I am replacing another firewall. Previously, there was a tool available to convert configurations from one firewall, such as Palo Alto, to Fortinet, but this tool is no longer free. If it could be made free again, it would be very beneficial."
"At first glance, the interface for the device is very confusing."
"It should provide better visibility over the network and more information in the form of reports for the end users. Its installation should also be easier."
"Quality control on their firmware versions needs improvement. When they introduce new firmware, there tend to be bugs."
"There are some complex administration tasks in their administration portal. That needs to be improved."
"I think improvement can be done to the security part, particularly the UDM, and the product should have a user-friendly interface similar to FortiGate. It should have the Azure RBAC in the next release."
"We tried configuring the IDS for more than four months, but it did not work properly."
"It could be more secure."
"Ongoing costs are something that we need to manage and make sure that we're getting value on."
"Does not offer protection for IoT devices"
"The solution could cost less. It's a bit expensive right now."
"The big thing is performance. With all the features turned on it slows down."
"The solution is quite advanced. You need a lot of training to use it effectively."
"The technical support response needs improvement."
"Our main concern is that everything has to be synced with the WildFire Cloud and has to be checked through the subscription."
"The price of WildFire should be reduced in order to make it more affordable for our customers."
"The support is good but they could be faster."
"The price could be better."
"There are some formats that the solution cannot support ."
"The free version does not have real-time updates. It is slow."
"The only complaint that we receive from our customers is in regards to the price."
Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 16th in Firewalls with 87 reviews while Palo Alto Networks WildFire is ranked 3rd in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 58 reviews. Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8, while Palo Alto Networks WildFire is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Juniper SRX Series Firewall writes "Highly scalable, user-friendly UI, and easy to maintain". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks WildFire writes "Good technical support and provides automatic analysis that saves us time in filtering email". Juniper SRX Series Firewall is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Check Point NGFW and Meraki MX, whereas Palo Alto Networks WildFire is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Proofpoint Email Protection, Fortinet FortiSandbox, Check Point SandBlast Network and Zscaler Internet Access.
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